Scope and Content Note

This subseries contains motion pictures, including home movies created by Woodruff as well as professionally produced films. The motion pictures include films of Atlanta, including one made at Woodruff’s Springdale Road home. This subseries also consists of home movies shot at Ichauway Plantation and TE Ranch as well as films shot on vacation in the United States, Europe and South America. The professional produced motion pictures document Woodruff, honors awarded to him, and some of his philanthropic projects. Other films are about people or topics important to Woodruff, including Coca-Cola, quail hunting, and the golfer Bobby Jones.

Arrangement Note

Arranged in the following categories: Georgia; Travel: Overseas; Travel: United States; and Commercial Films.

Restrictions on Access

Use copies have not been made for all of the audiovisual series at this time. Researchers must contact the Rose Library in advance for access to these materials.

Producing agent: Robert W. Woodruff. (Running time: 5:00, Footage length: unknown). Descriptive summary: Scenes include shot of ducks flying overhead in formation, one is shot at end of clip followed by close-up of Robert W. Woodruff grinning.

Title: European trip: Boat, England, Monte Carlo, Switzerland, [1925]. Producing agent: Robert W. Woodruff. Original: Black and white, silent, 16 mm. (Running time: 7:20, Footage length: 400 feet). Descriptive summary: Lengthy sequence of Nell and Robert Woodruff on boat frolicking with friends, includes boxing scenes of two pairs of boxers one of which might be Jack Dempsey; scenes in England include Royal Porcelain Works at Worcester and a military cemetery; shots of Monte Carlo; and the Lion of Lucerne, Switzerland; unidentified port city, Switzerland. Note: See also Robert W. Woodruff papers, green scrapbook #4. [Preservation master: BetaSP by Preservation]

Title: "Lindbergh: The Epic American Trans-Atlantic Flight," Europe, New York, and Mexico, 1927. Producing agent: Kodak Cinegraph. Original: Black and white, silent, 16 mm. (Running time: 15:30, Footage length: 350 feet). Descriptive summary: Newsreel footage with captions includes the Spirit of St. Louis take off from Roosevelt Field in New York, landing and welcome in Paris at Le Bourget Field, visits to Belgium and England, and welcome home in the United States, in May 1927. Concludes with footage of Lindbergh's solo, non-stop flight from Bolling Field in Washinton, D.C. to Mexico City, Mexico in December 1927. [Use copy: VHS; Preservation master: BetaSP]

Producing agent: [Coca-Cola Company] (Running time: 31:54). Descriptive summary: Donald R. Keough, President of Coca-Cola, making formal announcement of details of three year partnership with Julio Iglesias for the worldwide promotion of Coca-Cola. The partnership included Coca-Cola's exclusive sponsorship of a 7 month world concert tour for Julio Iglesias and Iglesias' participation in the Liberty Centennial Campaign to raise funding for the restoration of the Statue of Liberty. Keough's announcement is followed by remarks by Iglesias and a brief appearance by comedian Bob Hope, also involved in the Liberty Centennial Campaign. Concludes with question and answer session with media representatives.

Producing agent: Bill Ivey and Company. (Running time: 10:00). Descriptive summary: Robert W. Woodruff received the American Marketing Association's (AMA) Edison Award posthumously. Includes use of vintage and contemporary Coca-Cola commercials, photographs, film footage highlighting Robert W. Woodruff's business achievements and philanthropic contributions. Concludes with footage of Woodruff making remarks at an unidentified press conference. Note: Includes script read by Pierre Ferrari after video tribute.

Title: "Hidden in Plain View," May 2003. Producing agent: Southeastern Council of Foundations for GPTV. Original: Color, sound, VHS. (Running time: 29:25, Footage length: Unknown). Descriptive summary: History of philanthropy in Georgia, from the Civil War to the present, highlighting the contributions of Peyton Anderson, W.C. Bradley, J. Bulow Campbell, Bernie Marcus, George Peabody, Marguerite Williams, and Robert W. Woodruff. The Woodruff segment includes interviews with Rick Allen, author of Secret Formula: How Brilliant Marketing and Relentless Salesmanship Made Coca-Cola the Best Known Product in the World (1994), and Dr. James T. Laney, President Emeritus of Emory University. Includes photographs, film clips, Coca-Cola ads, and images of Ichauway Plantation. [Use copy: VHS; Preservation master: None]